Goal 1) Publish SKoS
- My Goal: Spend at least 10 mins, 3 days/week minimum
- Where I planned to be: Spent at least 30 mins
- Where I am: Uhh…
- On Target or Behind: it is a mystery
How’s It Going:
I started going through Matt’s notes and putting them in comments on my manuscript Google doc… and realized I have no idea how to do an editor’s revision. (I mean. I can guess. But.)
The more I look at it, the more I really want to do it on paper. So I guess it will have to wait.
As for covers, I’m down to the last of my winning batch of titles to do initial mockups for. I’ve been doing some more research, watching a lot of YouTube videos, really investigating what’s been done and how. And I think it’s really just gonna come down to tweaking it until I get it just right.
I’ll be sure to let everyone know when I get there. /s
Goal 2) Revise SYCU
- My Goal: 2 Lessons per month/ 1 Lesson every 2 weeks; 3 chapters/13 scenes per day
- Where I planned to be: Lesson 7, through chapter 9
- Where I am: Given up on Lesson 7, reading through Lesson 8 to prepare for next week
- On Target or Behind: On Target, I guess?
How’s It Going:
Ah, the world triage lesson. This is actually the one lesson I gave up on halfway through and just skipped when I was doing SKoS because it was so tedious and annoying.
My opinions have not changed. And I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that, in this world and in the SKoS world, mostly everything is the same as real life.
I tried. I really, really did. I know this will be important to know for later revisions (Krasnaya is set on a completely different planet). But the first worksheet was driving me crazy, so I moved to the second and kinda modified it a little. It was slightly more redundant, but made more sense to me and used less paper. But it was just as tedious, so I finally just gave up.
I also think part of my issue is I can’t print anything right now; I’m doing all these worksheets on notebook paper… as in, writing out all the questions and THEN my answers. And this involves a lot of paper and a lot of writing.
GOAL 3) SURVIVAL
- My Goal: 500 WPD, 1500 WPW
- Where I planned to be: 4500 words
- Where I am: 4559 words
- On Target or Behind: On Target
How’s It Going:
Listen, no one can understand how happy this is making me. I feel really good about this story. It’s actually pretty difficult to stop myself when I hit my daily goal when all I want to do is find out what happens next! I love it.
Which is more than I can say about SYCU right now. But I digress.
Meilo Zaborowski: Author 